Chevy Bolt Pulls Clearly Ahead of Volt With November Sales

Once again, the Chevrolet Bolt EV raised its all-time high sales with 2,987 deliveries in November, putting its extended-range electric Volt sibling clearly in its rear-view mirror. The Volt sold 1,702 units, and with one month to go this year, the Bolt has 20,070 sales, and the Volt has 18,412. October had been the first month this year the Bolt came from behind after its nationwide rollout completed this summer. The Volt has basically been underperforming all year, while the Bolt has outdone itself. Through October the Bolt established a modest 373-unit lead thanks to 2,781 sales to the Volt’s 1,362, and now the gap has widened to 1,658. These are relatively small margins and numbers for a company whose bread-and-butter vehicles sell upwards of 9,000 or well over that monthly, but the Bolt’s lead is symbolic or indicative of something in the sub-category of zero/low emis...